Introducing our 2017 SSO Young Ambassadors!

Running for the first time this year the Young Ambassadors program is a learning program for people aged 6 to 21 determined to explore their curiosity for live orchestral music. Conversing with the Orchestra and audiences through articles, interviews and photographs in a year of unique experiences.

Meet the 2017 Young Ambassadors

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Schools Concerts in Bathurst, Orange and Dubbo!

24‒26 May | Bathurst Entertainment Centre, Orange Civic Theatre, and Dubbo Convention Centre

Suitable for Years K‒12

In May the Orchestra performs in Bathurst, Orange and Dubbo. Our schools concerts will explore the evolution of the orchestra from the first fanfares through to the orchestra in the 21st century. Students will discover the growth of instrumental families and the development of orchestral sound. These concerts are supported by digital classroom resources.

Find out more here or call (02) 8215 4603.

Machine Music

30 May‒2 Jun | Seymour Centre, Chippendale

Suitable for Years 3‒10

The sounds of machines can be their own kind of music. Some composers have written music for machines and discovered ways to replicate the sounds of machinery through the instruments in the orchestra. Students will be enthralled as a typewriter joins the percussion section, and we hear Elgar's interpretation of a wagon passing and Mussorgsky's crazy hut on chicken legs led by composer/conductor Iain Grandage. These concerts are supported by digital classroom.

Find out more here or call (02) 8215 4603.

The Bush Concert

31 Oct‒3 Nov | Seymour Centre, Chippendale

Suitable for Years K‒6

Helga Visser's picture book is brought to life by Mark Simeon Ferguson's score for the orchestra with storyteller, Barry Conrad. What do the animals do when the drought will not end? Students will discover the instruments of the orchestra and the sounds of the Australian Bush as they take part in a very unusual concert. These concerts are supported by digital classroom resources and The Bush Concert picture book.

Find out more here or call (02) 8215 4603.

Open Rehearsals - coming up

Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House

Suitable for Years 10-12

Limited places are available for our next three Open Rehearsals. An intimate opportunity for students to witness the interaction between conductor and orchestra as they put the finishes touches to the concert program.

Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Wed 10 May | 10am-12.30pm
Don Quixote Wed 14 Jun | 10.30am-1pm
Ravishing Ravel Thu 27 Jul | 11am-12.30pm

Find out more here or call (02) 8215 460

Meet the Music Concerts

Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House

Suitable for Years 9-12

Limited seats are available for our remaining Meet the Music concerts in 2017

Meet the Music 1
Last Night of the Proms Thu 8 Jun | 6.30pm
Megan Washington with the SSO* Thu 21 Sep | 6.30pm
Katie Noonan's Elixir with Michael Leunig* Thu 2 Nov | 6.30pm

Meet the Music 2
Rachmaninoff on Fire* Wed 18 Oct | 6.30pm

Please email or call (02) 8215 4603 for information on seat availability and prices.

*includes Australian compositions